Thursday, January 17, 2019

2019 Schedule plus recommendations

February 21 - Celeste - The Forest Lover by Susan Vreeland

March 21 - Bonnie - The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis

April 18 - Judy - Author Mary Daheim, any of the bed and breakfast series books

May 16 - Pam - The Good Neighbor, The Life and Work of Fred Rogers by Maxwell King



September 19 - Jolene - Bring a favorite or recent book to share
     Books we shared:  China Road by Rob Gifford; King Solomon’s Mines; Quilts of Lancaster County by Barbara Cameron; 3 Christian Book Series by Robert Whitlow:  Higher Hope; Deeper Water, and Greater Love.  Plus Bonnie’s and Carolee’s choices below for 2020.

October 17 - Sharon - Tip of the Iceberg by Mark Adams

November 21 - Kristen - The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Suggestions:
Read books listed below and then watch the movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  King Solomon’s Mines by H.R. Haggard, or other books with protagonist Allan Quartermain
Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
 Dracula by Bram Stoker’s 
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

A hunter, a scientist, a vampire, an invisible man, an immortal, a spy, a beast.  Hmmm, which is it?

Bonnie - Where the Crawdads Sing by Deliah Owens

Carolee - The Girl Who Wrote in Silk by Kelli Estes

(If you have read any of the books below and want to talk about them, please make a comment)
Recommended by:
Celeste - Discovering the Word of Wisdom by Jan Birch
Celeste - Shut Your Monkey by Danny Gregory
Celeste - Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
Laurie's sister - The Pattern Artist by Nancy Moser
Laurie's sister - Into the Whirlwind by Elizabeth Camden
Laurie's sister - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Bonnie and Julie - The Great Alone by Kristen Hannah
Pam - Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Bitsy - God Does Not Write With a Pen by Christi Lynn Pauline
Sharon - Running for my Life by Lopez Lomong
Sharon - The Key is Love, My Mother's Wisdom by Marie Osmond
Judy - Mary Daheim's Alpine book series
Judy - JoAnn Fluke's murder mysteries (Raspberry Danish Murder)
Judy - No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Renee - The 100-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Renee - The Other Side of the Bridge by Camron Wright
Renee - The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
Renee - The Ghost Writer by Alessandra Torre
Renee - The Orphan's Tale by Pam Jenoff